Amalie Atkins

Amalie Atkins (born 1975) is a Canadian artist making use of film, fabric-based sculpture and performance.[1] She currently resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[2]

Amelie Atkins
Born1975
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
EducationAlberta College of Art and Design
Known forfilm
Websitehttp://amalieatkins.ca/

Her most recent artworks have been short silent films set to music.[2] Atkins's films are either shown alone or within an installation.[2]

Early life and education

Atkins grew up in rural Manitoba, from where she still draws inspiration citing the landscape of her youth as a significant influence.[1] Fiber art was Atkins' area of study when she undertook her undergraduate degree at the Alberta College of Art and Design, where she graduated with distinction in 2001.[3][1]

Career

Her work has been exhibited across Canada and the USA.[1] A dreamlike or fairy-tale character is often attributed to Atkins's work. Repeated motifs include loose teeth, the colour red, fields of snow, and bicycles. Women on journeys are equally a recurring theme in her work as are vast landscapes inspired by her experience of the Canadian prairies.[1]

Atkins' early short films were shot on Super 8 while the most recent Three Minute Miracle was shot on 16 mm film. Using film as a support and textiles contributes to the many textural references in Atkins's work. The work Three Minute Miracle was largely inspired by different fibre-focused projects she had previously undertaken.[1] Atkins's participated in "Oh Canada" at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) which showcased over 60 artists, showing her film "Three Minute Miracle".[4] The aim of the exhibition was to create a dialogue about contemporary art made in Canada.[4]

In 2003 she founded the Bike Ballet Club: a cycling trio.[5] She is the co-founder and an active member of the Optronic Eye Film Club.[5]

In 2013 she was nominated for the Sobey Award.[6]

Exhibitions

Oh, Canada, MASS MoCA[7]

Dreamland: Textiles and the Canadian Landscape, Textile Museum of Canada[7]

They Made a Day Be a Day Here, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie[7]

where the hour floats, Art Gallery at the Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC[8]

The Diamond Eye Assembly, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK[9]

Festivals

Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin[7]

SoHo20 Chelsea Gallery, New York[7]

Awards

Locale Art Award for Western Canada, 2011[7]

Long-listed for the Sobey Art Award, 2012 and 2013[7]

References
  1. Budney, Jen (2008). Amalie Atkins in Flatlanders: Saskatchewan Artists on the Horizon. Saskatoon, SK: Mendel Art Gallery. p. 15. ISBN 9781896359649.
  2. "Amalie Atkins". akaartistrun.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  3. "/Amalie Atkins". www.stride.ab.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  4. "Oh, Canada : Amalie Atkins - BlackFlash Magazine". BlackFlash Magazine. 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  5. "Amalie Atkins | cfmdc.org". cfmdc.org. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  6. "Artist-in-Residence: Amalie Atkins | Open Space". openspace.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  7. Long, Timothy (2015). Amalie Atkins: we live on the edge of disaster and imagine we are in a musical. Regina, SK: Mackenzie Art Gallery, Southern Alberta Art Gallery. ISBN 9781896470900.
  8. Andrea Jabour (2019-04-23). "AMALIE ATKINS: WHERE THE HOUR FLOATS". Evergreen. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  9. "Amalie Atkins". Remai Modern. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-03-04.


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